fy16-fy21 strategy

STRATEGIC GOAL AND OBJECTIVES

CALL AND ASPIRATION (WVG)World Vision Ghana is called to partner with the church, other faiths and development organizations, government and donors to bring hope and fulfillment, transformational and holistic development to all children especially the most vulnerable and their families while ensuring organizational and staff well-being.

THE GOAL

By 2021 World Vision Ghana would have contributed to the sustained well-being of 4,555,809

people including children within families and communi�es, especially the most vulnerable.

FY16-FY21 STRATEGY

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% of children who are able to read with

comprehension by primary 6 completion

% of children who are able to perform basic

numeracy operations by primary 3

Proportion of children able to recognized

concepts in print

Proportion of parents and caregivers who

promote reading readiness of children at home

% of schools with functional school manage-

ment committees and PTAs

Proportion of trained community literacy

volunteers who regularly and actively support

activities that enhance learning outcomes

Proportion of schools with service standard

improvement closer to government policies on

child friendly schools

Number of local government actions resulting

from WV community-generated local advocacy

recommendations

CHILD PROTECTION

OBJECTIVE:

All children especially the most vulnerable

h ave i m p rove d p ro t e c t i o n a n d

p a r t i c i p a t i o n t h ro u g h a d vo c a c y,

programming and partnership

TARGET BENEFICIARIES: 1,957,601

SUB-OBJECTIVE:

Strengthened capacities to do national and

local level advocacy for quality service delivery

THE ORGANIZATION

2.0 Organizational Effectiveness

OBJECTIVESTo achieve these objectives through

effective and efficient use of resources, the

strategy will pursue the following strategic

objectives to ensure organizational

effectiveness;

1. Strengthened governance and adherence to

partnership standards and internal controls

2. Improved staff and organizational wellbeing

3. Improved organizational resource acquisition

and management

4. Strengthened organizational capacity and

structures for research, innovation and learning

5. Strengthened Organizational Capa

city for improved advocacy and policy influence

3.0 Operating Models, Technical Approaches, Technical Programmes and Strategic Initiatives

The vehicle of ministry delivery will be

through Technical Programmes anchored

on the doma ins o f Deve lopment

Programming Approach, Child Well-Being

Aspirations, Child Well-Being Targets and

Child Well-Being Outcomes.

Strategic Initiatives such as periodic

engagement of Parliamentary Select

Committees to push for specific Child Well

Being (CWB) policy influence at the

legislature and the strategic partnership

with other organisations to leverage their

capacity to execute strategic objectives in

areas that WVG is less endowed with

capacity.

WORLD VISION'S OPERATIONS IN GHANA

4.1 Geographical LocationWorld Vision Ghana's operations are currently located in the 10 administrative regions of the

country. Programmes are structured under 4 main operational bases, namely; Bolgatanga

Operational Base that caters for programmes in Upper West, Upper East and some part of

Northern region; Savelugu Operational Base that caters for programmes in Northern region,

Kumasi Operational Base that caters for programmes in Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions and

fourthly Amasaman Operational Base that caters for programmes in Volta, Eastern and

Greater Accra regions.

4.2. Ministry PrioritiesWorld Vision Ghana's programme interventions will focus on:

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Food Security and Resilience

Health, Nutrition and HIV& AIDS

Primary Education

Child Protection

Spiritual Formation and Nurture

WVG, during the strategy period, will

transition to the full implementation of

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Accountability and Planning (LEAP 3) to

align to WVI global partnership standard

and also to make measurable contribution

to Child Well Being Outcomes (CWBOs)

Technical expertise of staff at all levels but

especially at the operational levels would be

enhanced to implement the approved

operating models and approaches. Some

adopted operating models and approaches:

Savings Group (SG),

Micro Finance Institutions (MFI),

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration

(FMNR),

Community Care Coalition (CCC),

Channels of Hope (CoH) for Mother and

Child Health (MCH),

Sponsorship Tracking Enhancing

Programme (STEP),

Sponsorship In Programming,

Humanitarian Sphere Standards,

Coaching for Performance,

Citizen Voice Action (CVA),

Child Protection Advocacy,

Celebrating Families,

Participatory Hygyeine and Sanitation

Transformation (PHAST),

Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS),

Borehole drilling,

Rain water harvesting

As part of WVG's Strategic initiatives, World

Vision would mobilize stakeholders and the

media through public fora and seminars to

implement some of the strategic objectives

and sub-objectives.

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Strengthened existing community structures

and systems ensured


have improved environment to thrive

INDICATORS:

Number of staff who have capacity to

implement advocacy

Number and description of child protection

policy, planning or practice changes that have

been informed by evidence from civil society

Percentage (%) of children protected through

improved Child Protection (CP) services and

service delivery mechanisms

Proportion of children with birth registration

Proportion of child marriage < 18 years (%)

Proportion of children living with disability

participating in programmes

Number of protection laws passes and

enforced

Proportion of government budget for the

Ministry of Gender, Children and Social

Protection, depar tments and agencies

responsible for child protection

MINISTRY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

In response to the changing landscape, WVG

Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, Risk

(SWOR) analysis, national development

framework Ghana Shared Growth and

Development Agenda (GSGDA II), West

Africa Region’s Strategic focus, Sustainable

Development Goals, Child Well-Being

Aspirations and Targets, the following

ministry strategic objectives would be

pursued:

1. All children, especially the most vulnera-

ble and their families, have improved

sanitation, hygiene and safe water for

consumption, production and processing.


ble and their families, have improved

household food security and resilience.


ble children within families and communi-

ties, have improved health and nutritional

status.


ble have improved quality of primary

education leading to improved learning

outcomes.


ble, have improved protection and partici-

pation through advocacy, programming

and partnership.

MINISTRY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES WITH TARGETS AND INDICATORS

WASH

OBJECTIVE:


and their families have improved sanitation,

hygiene and safe water for consumption,

production and processing.

TARGET BENEFICIARIES:

1,600,000 (782,544 children and 817,456

adults)

SUB-OBJECTIVES:


have improved access to safe water for multiple

uses

All children, especially the most vulnerable,

have improved hygiene practices in households

communities and institutions


have improved sanitation at household,

community and institutional levels

Communities and partners have capacity to

manage and advocate at both local and

national levels for improved WASH services

INDICATORS:

Percentage (%) of children whose household

have sufficient drinking water from an

improved source

% of children whose households have access

to safe water for livelihood activities

% of children who regularly wash their hands

at critical times

% of caregivers with appropriate hand-

washing behaviour

% of children whose households use an

improved sanitation facility

% of children who live in Area Development

Project (ADP) communities certified Open

Defecation Free (ODF)

% of children in communities with functional

Water and Sanitation Management Teams

(WSMTs)

% of functional Citizen Voice Action (CVA)

groups

% of Government of Ghana (GoG) budgetary

allocation for WASH

FOOD SECURITY AND RESILIENCE

OBJECTIVE:


and their families, have improved household

food security and resilience.

TARGET BENEFICIARIES:

1,400,000 (684,726 children and 715,274

adults)

SUB-OBJECTIVE:

Improved production and productivity of crops

and livestock

Increased economic opportunities for the

youth and women

All children especially the most vulnerable live

in communities with increased resilience to

climate change and disaster

Increased resilience to economic shocks


in households with improved food utilization

INDICATORS:

Months of adequate household food

provisioning (MAHFP)

Household food consumption score (FCS)

Proportion of children with insufficient access

to food

Proportion of women engaged in Local Value

Chains Development (LVCD)

Proportion of youth engaged in LVCD

Proportion of youth who are employed

Proportion of youth who rank themselves as

thriving on the ladder of life

Proportion of parents or caregivers who

report having access to micro-credit

Percentage (%) of communities adopting

appropriate disaster risk reduction strategies

Land area protected or rehabilitated

Proportion of farmers adopting any form of

soil and water management practices

Proportion of women and men whose income

sources are improved as a result of participa-

tion in Savings Groups

Proportion of youth whose income sources are

improved as a result of participation in Savings

Groups

Household dietary diversity score

Individual dietary diversity score

HEALTH, NUTRITION HIV & AIDS

OBJECTIVE:

All children, especially the most vulnerable

within families and communities, have

improved health and nutritional status.

TARGET BENEFICIARIES: 552,754

SUB-OBJECTIVE:

All children under 5, especially the most

vulnerable, have reduced malnutrition

All children, especially the most vulnerable and

mothers, have reduced impact of vaccine

preventable diseases, malaria, diarrhoea,

pneumonia, cholera and Ebola Virus Disease

(EVD)

All children, especially the most vulnerable and

adolescent, have reduced impact of HIV and

AIDS

Influenced policies towards strengthened

health system and structures

INDICATORS:

Percentage (%) of children under 5 stunted

% of children under 5 underweight

% of Wasting in children under 5

% of children under 5 who died due to

preventable diseases

% of children 12-23 months fully immunized

Proportion of households where all children

under 5 years slept under a long-lasting insecti-

cide-treated net (LLIN) the previous night

% of youth with comprehensive knowledge of

HIV and AIDS

% of mothers who access Prevention of Mother

to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services

Proportion of women who were offered and

accepted counseling and testing for HIV during

most recent pregnancy, and received their test

results

Level of inter-agency coordination at national,

regional and district

% of public health facilities meeting the

minimum of the selected policy standard

Number of health policies adopted by govern-

ment/decision makers for which WV contributed

EDUCATION

OBJECTIVE:


have improved quality of primary education

leading to improved learning outcomes.

TARGET BENEFICIARIES: 981, 203

SUB-OBJECTIVE:


have increased reading and maths perfor-

mance in primary school


have increased early childhood care and

education


in communities with strengthened participation

in education

Increased government accountability to

education

INDICATORS

Percentage (%) of children who are able to

read with comprehension by primary 3

completion

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